by HappyQuotient | Dec 17, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Anthony Lee/Getty Images As a leader, much of what you do is relatively forgettable. We don’t mean to insult, but your routine actions on routine days are experienced by your direct reports as, well, routine. But for non-routine days — the days when you...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 17, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Sometimes, I struggle with how to handle perplexing parenting challenges in a way that can leave me feeling forlorn. I seem to make countless missteps, including this morning’s power struggle with my preschooler about whether he could wear shorts in winter. At the...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 17, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Anthony Lee/Getty Images As a leader, much of what you do is relatively forgettable. We don’t mean to insult, but your routine actions on routine days are experienced by your direct reports as, well, routine. But for non-routine days — the days when you...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 17, 2018 | HBR
While speaking as a panelist on substance use disorder (SUD), I felt it necessary to remind the audience that addiction is a family disease. While family members may not themselves be tethered to use of a substance, we all share in the anger, guilt, despair, and all...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 17, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Sometimes, I struggle with how to handle perplexing parenting challenges in a way that can leave me feeling forlorn. I seem to make countless missteps, including this morning’s power struggle with my preschooler about whether he could wear shorts in winter. At the...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 17, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Orbon Alija/Getty Images Companies are beginning to utilize their employees’ behavioral data — generally known as people analytics — to better understand and improve their sales operations, with strong results. Microsoft, where we work, is...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 17, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Gemma Escribano/EyeEm/Getty Images Research generally shows that having friends at work can increase productivity and engagement. However, a new study by Wharton researchers Julianna Pillemer and Nancy Rothbard finds that there can be a dark side to having...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 17, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Sometimes, I struggle with how to handle perplexing parenting challenges in a way that can leave me feeling forlorn. I seem to make countless missteps, including this morning’s power struggle with my preschooler about whether he could wear shorts in winter. At the...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 14, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Martin Child/Getty Images Not a month goes by without a major corporation suffering a cyber attack. Often state-sponsored, these breaches are insidious, difficult to detect, and may implicate personal information relating to millions of individuals. Clearly, the...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 14, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Martin Child/Getty Images Not a month goes by without a major corporation suffering a cyber attack. Often state-sponsored, these breaches are insidious, difficult to detect, and may implicate personal information relating to millions of individuals. Clearly, the...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 14, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Yagi Studio/Getty Images For startups, 2009 was a good year. More than 20 companies launched at that time, including Uber, Slack, Pinterest, and Blue Apron, eventually achieved $1 billion-plus valuations. Given that those companies were all venture-financed and...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 14, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Three Images/Getty Images Companies increasingly use digital technologies to circumvent distributors and enter into direct relationships with their end-users. These relationships can create efficient new sales channels and powerful feedback mechanisms or unlock...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 14, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
thatsval/Getty Images When it comes to the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace, employees demand leadership accountability. Consider the recent Google walkout, which employees staged to protest the lofty exit packages paid to men accused of misconduct. In...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 14, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
thatsval/Getty Images When it comes to the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace, employees demand leadership accountability. Consider the recent Google walkout, which employees staged to protest the lofty exit packages paid to men accused of misconduct. In...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 14, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
thatsval/Getty Images When it comes to the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace, employees demand leadership accountability. Consider the recent Google walkout, which employees staged to protest the lofty exit packages paid to men accused of misconduct. In...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 14, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
thatsval/Getty Images When it comes to the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace, employees demand leadership accountability. Consider the recent Google walkout, which employees staged to protest the lofty exit packages paid to men accused of misconduct. In...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 14, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
thatsval/Getty Images When it comes to the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace, employees demand leadership accountability. Consider the recent Google walkout, which employees staged to protest the lofty exit packages paid to men accused of misconduct. In...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 14, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
With the end of 2018 fast approaching, soon many of us will embark on the annual tradition of making New Year’s resolutions. And one of the most popular resolutions—and seemingly hardest to achieve—is to eat healthier. If this is your goal, new research in the Journal...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 14, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Philanthropy can have important effects on society, but it does little to solve the root cause of the problems it is trying to solve, says Stanford scholar Rob Reich. While a soup kitchen can feed the hungry, a church can shelter the homeless, and a nonprofit can...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 14, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Tim Macpherson/Getty Images It’s normal to underperform on occasion. After all, everyone has an off quarter — or even an off year — from time to time. But don’t just sit back and wait for that painful performance review. You need to have a...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 14, 2018 | HBR
It’s likely you already know that regular exercise helps prevent chronic disease, such as diabetes and heart problems, while improving your overall health, mood, and quality of life. It can sharpen mental function, boost concentration, and help you sleep. And the new...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 13, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Are you worried about being seen as a job-hopper? In this episode of HBR’s advice podcast, Dear HBR:, cohosts Alison Beard and Dan McGinn answer your with the help of Allison Rimm, a career coach and the author of The Joy of Strategy: A Business Plan for Life....
by HappyQuotient | Dec 13, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Twenty percent of executives at U.S. companies with artificial intelligence initiatives report that they will roll out AI across their business this year, according to PwC’s 2019 AI Predictions report. These companies expect their AI investment, which is often...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 13, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Marcus Franzen/Getty Images Attending a conference is a whir of activity — flying to a destination, engaging in several days of nonstop networking, and coming home to an inbox that has spiraled out of control in your absence. Back at work, most of us immediately...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 13, 2018 | HBR
While studying brain injuries in the mid-1990s, I began volunteering in a domestic violence shelter. I noticed that the abuse and problems many women reported were consistent with possibly experiencing concussions. Women reported many acts of violence that could cause...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 13, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Charles Orr/Getty Images Not long ago, I received a call from an HR manager at a large corporation seeking an executive coach for one of their senior leaders. He was described as arrogant, tactlessly blunt, and lacking empathy. Despite his challenges, all of which...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 13, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
splain2me/Getty Images Electronic health record systems for large, integrated healthcare delivery networks today are often viewed as monolithic, inflexible, difficult to use and costly to configure. They are almost always obtained from commercial vendors and require...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 13, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
How do you build feelings of trust and security? Our Happiness Guinea Pig learns some truths about what it takes to feel supported. source https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/podcasts/item/episode_29_nikki-silvestri
by HappyQuotient | Dec 13, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
How do you build feelings of trust and security? Our Happiness Guinea Pig learns some truths about what it takes to feel supported. source https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/podcasts/item/episode_29_nikki-silvestri
by HappyQuotient | Dec 12, 2018 | HBR
We spend our days interacting with the world around us through our senses of sight, sound, and touch. But anyone who has developed complete nasal obstruction from an infection or severe allergies has experienced what it’s like to be without one of our most basic...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 12, 2018 | HBR
We spend our days interacting with the world around us through our senses of sight, sound, and touch. But anyone who has developed complete nasal obstruction from an infection or severe allergies has experienced what it’s like to be without one of our most basic...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 12, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Youngme Moon, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, and Mihir Desai discuss staggering student debt levels, the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) Movement, and share their After Hours picks for the week. Download this podcast For interested listeners: The Basics of FIRE Mr....
by HappyQuotient | Dec 12, 2018 | HBR
We spend our days interacting with the world around us through our senses of sight, sound, and touch. But anyone who has developed complete nasal obstruction from an infection or severe allergies has experienced what it’s like to be without one of our most basic...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 12, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Youngme Moon, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, and Mihir Desai discuss staggering student debt levels, the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) Movement, and share their After Hours picks for the week. Download this podcast For interested listeners: The Basics of FIRE Mr....
by HappyQuotient | Dec 12, 2018 | HBR
We spend our days interacting with the world around us through our senses of sight, sound, and touch. But anyone who has developed complete nasal obstruction from an infection or severe allergies has experienced what it’s like to be without one of our most basic...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 12, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Luxy Images/Getty Images A new generation of philanthropists, whose wealth was created via entrepreneurship in technology-driven fields, has the unique opportunity to make a real difference in speeding the pace of progress in the fight against cancer. Not content...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 12, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Andrew Olney/Getty Images Many of us love competition and, more important, winning. Competition drives us toward our goals and motivates us to improve our performance, while the prestige and power that come from winning can provide a powerful morale booster....
by HappyQuotient | Dec 12, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Jorg Greuel/Getty Images Five years ago I read Daniel Markovitz’s argument for migrating to-do lists into calendars. Since then, my productivity has at least doubled. That momentous (at least for me) article describes five problems with the to-do list. First,...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 12, 2018 | HBR
We spend our days interacting with the world around us through our senses of sight, sound, and touch. But anyone who has developed complete nasal obstruction from an infection or severe allergies has experienced what it’s like to be without one of our most basic...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 12, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Jorg Greuel/Getty Images Five years ago I read Daniel Markovitz’s argument for migrating to-do lists into calendars. Since then, my productivity has at least doubled. That momentous (at least for me) article describes five problems with the to-do list. First,...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 12, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Education has become about so much more than reading, writing, and arithmetic. These days, educators feel more responsibilities falling heavily on their shoulders— whether they belong there or not. They must teach the basics, but also nurture socially and emotionally...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 12, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Education has become about so much more than reading, writing, and arithmetic. These days, educators feel more responsibilities falling heavily on their shoulders— whether they belong there or not. They must teach the basics, but also nurture socially and emotionally...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 11, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Companies are spending millions on digital transformation, yet studies find many leaders feel their projects aren’t achieving their objectives. Why? Workfront CEO Alex Shootman says digitization is happening in most companies on a function-by-function basis,...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 11, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
W. Wayne Lockwood, M.D./Corbis/VCG/Getty Images What happens to people who are overconfident? Are they generally rewarded, promoted, and respected? Or do we distrust them and avoid collaborating with them? Our research suggests it may depend on how they express...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 11, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Thomas Steenburgh, a marketing professor at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, was inspired by his early career at Xerox to discover why firms with stellar sales and R&D departments still struggle to sell new innovations. The answer, he finds,...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 11, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Thomas Steenburgh, a marketing professor at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, was inspired by his early career at Xerox to discover why firms with stellar sales and R&D departments still struggle to sell new innovations. The answer, he finds,...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 11, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Thomas Steenburgh, a marketing professor at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, was inspired by his early career at Xerox to discover why firms with stellar sales and R&D departments still struggle to sell new innovations. The answer, he finds,...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 11, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
W. Wayne Lockwood, M.D./Corbis/VCG/Getty Images What happens to people who are overconfident? Are they generally rewarded, promoted, and respected? Or do we distrust them and avoid collaborating with them? Our research suggests it may depend on how they express...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 11, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
W. Wayne Lockwood, M.D./Corbis/VCG/Getty Images What happens to people who are overconfident? Are they generally rewarded, promoted, and respected? Or do we distrust them and avoid collaborating with them? Our research suggests it may depend on how they express...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 11, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
ULTRA.F/Getty Images On December 1, in Buenos Aires, President Trump started the 90-day clock to negotiate a trade deal with China. He claims he wants to tackle the big systemic concerns involving theft of American intellectual property, the forced transfer of...
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